> That all said, the degree of cooling predicted by nuclear theorists was overstated—not that overstating the destructiveness of nuclear weapons is so bad Yeah

> That all said, the degree of cooling predicted by nuclear theorists was overstated—not that overstating the destructiveness of nuclear weapons is so bad Yeah, and even if it wasn't, the effects wouldn't be from nuclear weapons themselves, it would be from every single city burning down. Nuclear winter is pretty far down on the list of problems that a full blown nuclear war would cause.